A non-invasive method for reconstructing the relative mortality rates of trees in mixed-age, mixed-species forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 155, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 303-314

  Pedersen, Brian S ^a,b   McCune, Bruce ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Demography; Forest development model; Oak hickory forest; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; HEALTH; PLANTS (BOTANY); WOOD;

MORTALITY RATES;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; METHODOLOGY; MIXED FOREST; MORTALITY;

UNITED STATES;

CARYA; QUERCUS;

EID: 0036154033     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(01)00567-9     Document Type: Article

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